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et al. 1962: 21, 58)• Wooden whorls thus would seem to be a
Pueblo III Anasazi trait, which spread to the Sinagua and
Salado early in the period«
Bead Whorls. Two thick, barrel-shaped, cottonwood
bead whorls were found, pierced from both sides with an hour­
glass-shaped hole (Pig. ^9 £-£)•- The complete specimen,
found in Room 11, is a round, irregular cylinder 3•0-3*5 cm.
in diameter. Its perforation, drilled slightly off of center,
is about 5 In diameter. The fragment is a better made
disc 2.8 cm. in diameter and 1.7 cm. high, with a 2.5 mnu in
diameter central hole.
Provenience. Room 11; Trash.
Distribution. The wooden bead whorls resemble the
moulded clay bead whorls found in sites of the Classic phase
Hohokam, or in Mesoamerican sites. Similar wood whorls are
found in some numbers at Kiet Slel and Gourd Cave, but they
are rare in most of the Pueblo area. However, there may also
be examples at Betatakin (Judd 1931 : 60-61}. No Sinagua
examples are noted. The whorl type seems to be a late Anasazl
trait, although few examples are known. As Kent points out
(1957i ^73-7*0» the Hohokam, like the modern Pima and Maricopa,
may have used completely different spinning apparatus.